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Edward Snowden asks Ecuador for asylum
BBC ^ | 23 June 2013 | BBC

Posted on 06/23/2013 10:42:54 AM PDT by SgtBilko

Edward Snowden, the former US intelligence contractor who leaked classified documents revealing US internet and phone surveillance, has asked Ecuador for asylum.

The request was confirmed by Ecuador's foreign minister on Twitter.

Mr Snowden had fled the US for Hong Kong but flew out on Sunday morning and is currently in Moscow.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asylum; benghazi; constitution; ecuador; fastandfurious; impeachnow; irs; nsa; snowden; snowdenrussia
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1 posted on 06/23/2013 10:42:54 AM PDT by SgtBilko
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To: SgtBilko

Wonder if obama will send fighters to intercept and force it to land here?
Wouldnt be surprised.


2 posted on 06/23/2013 10:50:43 AM PDT by Yorlik803 (better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
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To: SgtBilko
It appears Iceland was not prepared for him.

Ecuador is great. Exotic locations should increase the film rights that he will get for his story.

Oliver Stone is a bit disappointed however, he was hoping that Venezuela stuff was true.

3 posted on 06/23/2013 10:55:21 AM PDT by metafugitive
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To: Yorlik803
"Wonder if obama will send fighters to intercept and force it to land here?"

Kook alert!

4 posted on 06/23/2013 10:55:58 AM PDT by Buffalo Head (Illigitimi non carborundum)
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To: Yorlik803
Hard to tell what Obama could do.

On the side of strict protection of privacy are people like Sens. Lee and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, and Matt Drudge, and liberal figures like filmmaker Michael Moore and Glenn Greenwald, who has broken many of the stories relating to the leaks.

The other side those defending surveillance practices is President Barack Obama (he shifted his stance as president) John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Joe Klein, Jeffrey Toobin, Charles Krauthammer.

5 posted on 06/23/2013 10:58:43 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: SgtBilko

Is a white Ford Bronco involved in this chase yet?


6 posted on 06/23/2013 10:59:19 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: Yorlik803

Waste of money. One bullet would do it


7 posted on 06/23/2013 10:59:57 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: SgtBilko

I thought that he said he didn’t care what happened to him? If his revelations about domestic spying were really based on principle, then why did he leave Hong Kong and not battle it out in the courts, instead choosing to flirt with this country’s enemies?


8 posted on 06/23/2013 11:03:32 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Timber Rattler

Ecuador is not anybody’s enemy.


9 posted on 06/23/2013 11:07:17 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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To: SgtBilko

Tomorrow’s headline: “Plane heading for Ecuador goes down in storm.”


10 posted on 06/23/2013 11:07:38 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Ecuador is not anybody’s enemy.


11 posted on 06/23/2013 11:07:54 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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To: Timber Rattler

It’s likely he didn’t feel he’d get a fair shake. From what I’ve seen lately it’s certainly not inconceivable he wouldn’t.


12 posted on 06/23/2013 11:08:40 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Yorlik803

I would, if I were the pilot, with a bunch of people on board in addition to Snowden, with no beef with the USA, just play chicken. They might radio to him, they have gone hot, “turn around, you will be shot down”, but Obama hasnt the b*lls to do it and he knows he risks impeachment for pulling such a stunt such as shooting down what will probably be a commercial airliner filled with other passengers. Nope, as the pilot, I would just keep on my sweet way to Quito and flip them the bird. In international aviation there is not a thing they can do about it. Obama would never issue the order.


13 posted on 06/23/2013 11:09:21 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Kim Jong Un won't have a single "bad underwear day" unless/until we've a patriot in the White House)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Wife and I are looking into retiring there in the next year or so.


14 posted on 06/23/2013 11:10:07 AM PDT by eastforker (Cruz for steam in 2016)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
No, but he was certainly divulging some things he knew to the Red Chinese and he was also negotiating with the Russians.

NOT COOL!

15 posted on 06/23/2013 11:11:27 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Bad news to say he has laptops with him with lots more info. No doubt even Ecucador would like to mine those for useful propaganda.
Maybe he has more than one possible destination to confuse any intercept.


16 posted on 06/23/2013 11:12:11 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Tell that to KAL 007. What happened to the soviets? zip.


17 posted on 06/23/2013 11:12:33 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: SgtBilko
They say Prism cannot be used to intentionally target any Americans or anyone in the US, and that it is supervised by judges.

Just like the IRS can't -

Oh wait...

18 posted on 06/23/2013 11:12:53 AM PDT by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits)
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To: metafugitive

I hear Iceland is really nice, but - it’s not called Ice Land for no reason. I can see Ecuador, especially up in the mountains.


19 posted on 06/23/2013 11:12:55 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Snowden may not find “freedom of the Press” as much as he hopes.... as of Friday the Ecuador Legisters passed a bill curtailing that...

“The law creates a Superintendency of Information and Communication, with the power to”

- regulate the news media
- investigate possible violations
- impose potentially hefty fines

It creates a five-member Council for the Regulation and Development of Information and Communication, led by a representative ‘of the president’, to oversee the news media.


20 posted on 06/23/2013 11:14:01 AM PDT by caww
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